Fox Jensen McCrory presents A Long Thread of Attention, bringing together the work of New Zealand’s most acclaimed painter Colin McCahon alongside celebrated Australian painter Aida Tomescu.

“Not in a million years could I have predicted a phenomenon like McCahon. In fact, I went to the Ivan Dougherty show on its last day, at the insistence of my friends. I went with zero expectations and that visit changed everything. Finally, there was a painter, a near contemporary, (he passed two or so years earlier) who did everything I wanted painting to do, aimed at profound content, connected everything I was drawn to”.

Aida Tomescu will give a talk in the gallery on Saturday the 2nd May at 11am.